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Unless otherwised indicated, this information has been self-reported and has not been verified by the Board of Medicine.
Disclaimer: General
The following information contained in this database is provided from the records of
the Board of Medicine.
- Licensee name
- License number
- Date of issue
- Date of expiration
- Any Virginia Board of Medicine Notice or Order
The Department and the Board have taken measures to assure that the above
information reflects information contained in records that it maintains consistent
with its statutory responsibility to doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry.
The following information is required to be self-reported by licensees under penalty of law. This information
is not verified by the Board. The Department and the Board have the authority to investigate reported
inaccuracies in the displayed information and if warranted, seek correction and effect licensee compliance
with the law and regulations governing the practitioner information system.
Required information provided by doctors:
- Practice information (location(s), telephone number(s), translating services,
percentage of time spent at location(s)
- Education
- Years in active clinical practice
- Board Certifications
- Hospital affiliations
- Academic appointments
- Publications
- Medicaid participation
- Actions
- Felony convictions
- Paid claims in the most recent ten years
Optional information doctors may choose to include:
- Insurance plans accepted or managed care plans in which they participate
- Self-Designated practice area
- Honors and awards received
- Medicare information
- Hours of continuing education
- Practice name
- Days of the week at practice location
- Maiden name
- Web site address
- Non-emergency email address
The Board does not comprehensively verify the information required to be self-reported
by doctors, and therefore does not accept responsibility for the accuracy of
self-reported information. The Board conducts periodic random audits of profiles
as an effort to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the information.
Please note that if a practitioner's license is not active, they are under
no obligation to update their profile so the information contained in that profile may not be up-to-date.
Disclaimer: Malpractice Information
When considering malpractice paid claims data, please keep in mind:
Some studies have shown little correlation between the existence of a malpractice paid claims history and the practitioner's competence to provide care.
Malpractice paid claims histories tend to vary by specialty. Some specialties are more likely than others to be the subject of litigation.
Some doctors work primarily with high-risk patients. These doctors may have malpractice paid claims histories that are higher than average because they specialize in cases or patients who are at very high risk for problems.
Settlement of a claim may occur for a variety of reasons, which do not necessarily reflect negatively on the professional competence or conduct of the practitioner. A payment in settlement of a medical malpractice action or claim should not be construed as creating a presumption that medical malpractice has occurred.
The incident causing the malpractice paid claim may have happened years before a payment is finally made. Sometimes, it takes a long time for a malpractice lawsuit to move through the legal system.
Presentation of Required Data:
As of July 1, 2007, practitioners are required to report all paid claims over
$10,000 in the last 10 years. For doctors practicing less than 10 years, the data
covers their total years of practice.
To provide perspective regarding the reported data, the Board displays information about the paid claims experience of the practitioner's specialty along with the practitioner's history of paid claims. In reporting the data in this manner, each practitioner is seen relative to other practitioners in the specialty, rather than to all practitioners in all specialties.
Paid claims are not expressed in dollar amounts. Each paid claim has been analyzed and assigned to one of three statistical categories: below average, average, or above average. This analysis was made relative to the other claims in the specialty in which the claim occurred.
The information provided, in the manner provided, should offer perspective about this aspect of medical practice. You could miss an opportunity for high quality care by excluding a doctor based solely on the presence of a malpractice history. You may wish to discuss information provided in this report, and malpractice generally, with your doctor.
Primary Practice Address
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
620 John Paul Jones Cirlce
Portsmouth, VA 23708
Phone: 757 953 2495
Location Details
- Practitioner spends 100% of time at this location.
- Days that practitioner sees patients at this location:
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thur,Fri
- Non-English Languages spoken by Practitioner
Norwegian
Years in Active Clinical Practice
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Years in Active Clinical Practice Inside US/Canada:
13
Medicaid
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Does Not Participate in the Virginia Medicaid program
Is not accepting new Virginia Medicaid patients
Virginia
Hospital Affiliations
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth (admit)
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Ctr (admit)
Hospital Affiliations in States Other Than Virginia
Last Updated 8/13/2020
(Durham,NC) Duke University Medcial Center
Medical, Osteopathic, or Podiatric School
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Grad School: Virginia Commonwealth University School Of Medicine (Previously MCV) - Richmond VA
Year Completed: 1996
Medical, Osteopathic, or Podiatric Post Grad School
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Surgical Critical Care
Penn State
Hershey,
PA
USA
Year Fellowship
Completed: 2001
General Sugery
Penn State
Hershey,
PA
USA
Year Residency
Completed: 2003
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston,
SC
USA
Year Fellowship
Completed: 2007
Continuing Education
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Continuing Hours:
114
Since:
2018
Board Certification
Recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, Bureau of
Osteopathic Specialists
and Boards of Certification, the American Board of
Multiple Specialties in Podiatry, or Council on Podiatric Medical Education.
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Surgery
Year of Initial Certifications:
2004Current Certification Expires:
2020
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Year of Initial Certifications:
2008Current Certification Expires:
2018
Surgery: Surgical Critical Care
Year of Initial Certifications:
2012Current Certification Expires:
2023
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Year of Initial Certifications:
2018Current Certification Expires:
2018
Self-Designated Practice Areas
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Surgery: Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery
Surgery: Surgical Critical Care
Surgery: Cardiovascular
Insurance Plans/Managed Care Plans Accepted
Last Updated 8/13/2020
None Reported
Honors
and Awards - Optional
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Teacher of the Year, Surgery
Navy Medical Center Portsmouth
2009
Master Clinician Status
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
2014
Academic Appointments
Last Updated 8/13/2020
Uniformed Services University Of The Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School Of Medicine - Bethesda MD
Rank:
Assistant Professor
Years:
2012-Present
Duke University School Of Medicine - Durham NC
Rank:
Instructor
Years:
2019-Present
Academic Appointments - Non-US
Last Updated 8/13/2020
None Reported
Publications
(up to ten in the last five years)
Last Updated 8/13/2020
J Heart Lung Transplant
Volume: 28
Date: 01 2009
Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease presenting as a cardiac mass in an adult: report of a unique case and lack of relationship to IgG4-related sclerosing lesions.
Hum Pathol
Volume: 41
Date: 02 2010
Myasthenia gravis – an unexpected cause of respiratory failure and reversible left ventricular dysfunction after cardiac surgery
Journal Cardiac Surgery
25(6):662-4
Date: 11 2010
Adjuvant Radiation Therapy For Wedge-Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Adjacent To A Large Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report And Review Of The Literature
The Internet Journal of Oncology
8 Issue 2
Date: 01 2012
www.ispub.com/journal/the-internet-journal-of-oncology/volume-8-number-2/adjuvant-radiation-therapy-
Electroporation-mediated gene transfer directly to the swine heart
Gene Therapy
Date: 02 2013
Gene electro transfer of plasmid encoding vascular endothelial growth factor for enhanced expression and perfusion in the ischemic swine heart.
PLoS One
Volume: 9(12)
Date: 12 2014
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0115235
Effects of Cardiac Surgery on Duty Status in the Active Duty Military Population.
Military Medicine
Volume: 180(7)
Date: 07 2015
publications.amsus.org/doi/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00625
Felony Conviction Information
Last Updated 8/13/2020
None Reported
Actions Taken by States/Organizations Other than the Virginia Board of Medicine
Last Updated 8/13/2020
None Reported
Virginia Board of Medicine Notices and Orders
Verified by Board
No Notices or Orders on file
Paid Claims in the last ten years
Last Updated 8/13/2020
The licensee has reported the following paid claims in the past ten years:
None Reported
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